The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which provides Metro Rail security, has heightened patrols and monitoring services in an effort to prevent possible anniversary attacks this upcoming tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Long before a helium-filled balloon from Japan touched down in California, balloons, dirigibles, and their many variations took to the skies in service of sport, the military, advertising, and of course show business throughout Southern California.

The upcoming closure of the 405 freeway is a good reminder that it is time to get real about transportation infrastructure. So many needless hours are spent in the car rather than working, with family or friends, or simply just not "fighting traffic." ...

San Bernardino, South Orange County or Lancaster to downtown Los Angeles. By car, it could take one to two hours, or more depending on the time of day. By commuter train, it's at least one hour and a half, but that could soon be halved.

Project managers with California's high speed rail project today said the first piece of track for the 800-mile system should be laid on more than 50 miles of track stretching through Fresno and Hanford. The suggestion comes after the federal governmen...